Headlight light beam angle adjustment.

[Wrc206]

Most ppl fail for their headlights but still pass the annual inspection.

[Cyberet]

more dangerous when u r driving on the opposite lane, encounter a few times, kena blinded, cannot see the narrow lane properly

 

feel like flashing the high beam

Edited July 20, 2006 by Cyberet

[Robin]

hehe, i park about a metre from the wall, measure the height from the floor to my light bulb, measure on the wall, draw a marking 3 inch below the height of my light bulb. not sure correct or not, but when i drive, i observe my light beam is pretty straight, with a slight dip.

 

i focus the most intense spot to the marking

 

where can i find the "screws" to make the adjustment?!

[Elfenstar]

Depending on the manufacturer, they're on the back or the top of the headlight assembly

[Elfenstar]

watch our for alighning too high coz you may blind other drivers and also not get enough light on the ground. for e.g. i adjusted my high beams to abt 1m off the ground (on the wall that was 1.5m in front of me). ended up shining my light on the tops of trees 1km away but no light on the road

[Robin]

failed the headlights test yesterday... but overall pass...

[Elfenstar]

parallex error??? unless you get in the left seat then i think you need to lose weight

[Robin]

hmm ok. roughly must stop how far from the wall?

[Elfenstar]

Honestly i dont know. I do it by trial and error till my headlight cast a good throw wothout blinding others... i find that 1-2m from the wall seems to be the easiest to work with though

[Robin]

ok... i'll try this weekend

[Poortraveller]

huh?? how come fail? urs HID huh?

[Poortraveller]

maybe

[Robin]

not sure ... but i was standing there looking at the numbers and it seems that the nos for the right beam differ quite a lot from the left beam.

 

so perhaps 1 side is not alignmet properly to give them min require throw, so fail.

 

this is just my guess. i didnt see the result slip until i got back home, so i couldnt ask them why fail.

 

when they say "ok, pass" ...i happy pun pi pi take cert go home

[Pisces69]

This is how I adjust my headlights.

 

Find a very dark & flat road. Some ulu carparks r good.

 

Cover 1 side & adjust till u can just see the top of the beam touch the road in the distance. Then do the same for the other side.

 

Now walk in front as though u r an oncoming driver & see if your headlights blind you. Make minor adjustments if necessary & there u r done.

 

Maximum throw without annoying on-coming drivers.

 

Remember to adjust the beam slightly to the left cos u want to see the left side of the road clearly.

[Poortraveller]

wa lau ... like tat walk here walke there will make ur life shorter by another few second

[Poortraveller]

but how u know it fail? they told u?

[Robin]

where to find a very dark & flat road... i try my mscp

[Robin]

no lah... its stated on the result slip... headlight - F